NEW DELHI: The Railways on Thursday said around 102 trains have been cancelled in the last two days in view of the ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, which is likely to affect Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, while three special trains pressed into service to ferry stranded passengers from affected areas.
Four trains have been diverted, it said.
The national transporter said it will grant full refund to passengers for the cancelled or diverted trains if tickets are produced for cancellation within three days from the scheduled date of journey.
The Railways had announced cancellation of 81 trains on Wednesday.
The trains which have been cancelled include the Howrah-Chennai Central Coromandal Express, Patna-Eranakulam Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express and the Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express.
The New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, New Delhi-Puri Nandan Kanan Express, Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express and the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express which had to begin their journeys Thursday have been cancelled as well.
The Railways has also cancelled trains which were to begin their journeys on Friday. These include the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express and the Puri-New Delhi Nandan Kanan Express. (AGENCIES)
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